TECHNIQUE
Film Simulation Recipes on your Fujifilm camera: a Beginner’s Guide
Film Simulation Recipes are one of the most exciting aspects of shooting with a Fujifilm camera — beautiful, film-inspired JPEGs straight out of the camera, no editing required. In this guide, we explain what a Recipe is, how to programme it into your camera, and how to make the most of your Custom Settings slots.
How we fixed the Fujifilm X100VI
A dead battery in the Alps and a full SD card were all it took for Didrick Reel to tackle a frustration many Fujifilm X100VI users know too well. In this article, he shares how a simple idea evolved into a smart, practical solution. Discover the full story now on our website.
Preserving family photography heritage: Digital restoration techniques
Old family photographs hold more than nostalgia. They carry history, identity and memory. This article explores thoughtful digital restoration techniques and shows how photographers can use PhotoWorks to repair damage, recover lost detail and preserve fragile prints, ensuring that personal visual heritage remains protected for future generations.
Shooting in Caves (… Tombs Actually)
In this article, photographer Luciano Gerini shares insights gained while accompanying his daughter, an archaeology student, on field trips in central Italy. Exploring ancient Etruscan and Roman tombs carved from volcanic tuff, he developed practical techniques for capturing their unique atmosphere. With modest equipment – a Fujifilm X30, LED torches, and a tripod – Gerini demonstrates how careful lighting and methodical shooting can preserve both detail and mood in these challenging subterranean environments.
Battling creative block with the Hoya R72 Infrared filter and a Fuji camera
I know there is no real reason for creative block these days. With all the possible inspiration out there and the amazing Fuji cameras that remove most of my old blocks for picking up a camera, you’d think that I’d always have a creative overflow ready. And of course, I still get creative block. I […]
How to set up your Fuji camera for street photography
Welcome along to another blog guys. Today I want to make a few suggestions as to how to set up your Fuji camera for street photography. These settings will hopefully allow you to walk the streets and focus on watching the world and looking for interesting people or interesting scenes to shoot, rather than worrying […]
Make your Jpegs look like film
Hey guys and as always welcome back! This post is due to a request by @kmore on instagram and Kerry in real life. His request basically forced my hand because I’ve been toying with the idea of this post for a while. Its all about making the most of the Fujifilm Jpegs; which are amazing, […]
Long Exposure Photography with the Fuji GFX50s
Introduction Let me start by saying that I do not intend for this post to be a giant primer on long exposure image making. Nor is it a justification for the techniques over a more traditional approach to capturing a scene. A great deal of my current landscape or architectural work is not specifically long […]
My Photo Mechanic to Lightroom import workflow
Today I had a call from William, a fellow London wedding photographer, asking for a bit of advice on his importing workflow. He’d been using Lightroom for the whole shebang and was finding it very slow going. Which it is! Lightroom is fine for importing a few photos but if you’ve got thousands of images […]
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INSPIRATION
Shooting Digital or Film in 2023 – Replicate film vibe with digital cameras – Part I
This article is Part 1, and I will talk about shooting Digital and/or Film and the editing choices. Part 2 will guide you on “How” to build a custom Fujifilm Film profile. I believe at some point in our life, we tend to reflect on the past. Along the journey, luckily, our minds forget bad […]
Photographing Iceland: Settings, Images and More
Introduction Iceland is a country of immense beauty and in my mind one of the most diverse landscapes in the world given that it is an island. It is volcanic and glaciated and it is these singular natural forces that have largely shaped the landscape. From windswept volcanic planes, to the mountainous highlands, fjords, coastlines, […]
Living Mirror
In Living Mirror, Michael Mesh explores the evolving relationship between photography, memory, authenticity and the way we look at images. From old 35mm slides and family photographs to AI-generated images, selfies and photographs made in museums and on city streets, he considers what gives an image meaning beyond its appearance. At the heart of the essay is the idea of photography as a living mirror, one that changes because we change when we return to the photographs we once made.
GEAR
INSIDE YOUR BAG: Sebastian Boatca
Some folks asked me what do I carry in my bag, when I have a photography assignment. Well, I thought it would be nice to write down about my “things” I take with me in my photo bag. Of course, the content of the bag is strongly related to the total stuff I actually own. […]
Around The Azores With An X-T1
The Açores are nine volcanic islands pretty much in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean midway between Europe and the USA, and a part of Portugal that neither me nor my wife had ever visited. I’d long been aware of their beauty through the stunning images of photographer Rui Vieira who lives on Sao Jorge, […]
DSLR V Mirrorless: The Switcher Debate – part I
The problem with writing about cameras is that there is always a bunch of techo togs out there who bombard you with specs about why this and that camera out performs another . (“If you enlarge 5000% you can see a slight degrading in her eyelashes due to colour refraction of the ZXC sensor and […]
VISUAL STORIES
Friends, coffee and motorcycles in Buenos Aires
Friendships are often born out of common interests, such as motorcycles for example. And these interests are often the cement that unites friendships for a lifetime. And just a small pretext, like a simple “Shall we have a coffee?”, is enough to grab the helmet and jacket. A visual story by Marcelo de Coghlan. For […]
Sara-la-Kali – The path of the soul
Saint Sara the black, heart studded with starsshe spreads her cloak over her throbbing breasts.The rough-mouthed dawn makes the path thornyunder the concrete bridge, where a death of flameshungry for young flesh, she was satisfied. She bent down, Saint Sara the black, picked up the silences of frogsand blue bluebells of springof heartbreaking screams: a […]
Ibiza
Visiting places like these comes with a certain set of expectations, clichés, imposed assumptions, things you expect to see, feel, experience. And it’s all true when visiting Ibiza. But then again, at the same time, it isn’t… Why is this place so different to what you hear, and why is it actually a bit exactly […]
